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5d" type="7">This bypasses you altogether. We both know that’s okay because we both know you’re the ad that interrupts my videos without warning.Everyone skips ads. It’s not your fault, it’s just in our nature. So is looking.What’s that old adage in marriage? Look, but don’t touch? Well, here’s the thing. I looked at the 1st ad so often, I eventually touched it.<h1 id="86f8">Let’s not mince words here. I watched the first advertisement. Every single second. And I liked it.</h1><figure id="42c4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*CjFkyBey2ajObVrG"><figcaption>Infidelity? Adfidelity? Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@womanizer?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral">Womanizer WOW Tech</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure>I can’t remember how it started, but it happened again and again.Sometimes I feel generous. You and your counterpart create revenue for YouTubers. If I don’t support <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ScreenRant">Screen Rant</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/CinemaSins">Cinema Sins</a>, or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/screenjunkies">Screen Junkies</a>, they might stop making videos.The same is technically true of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/HISHEdotcom">How It Should Have Ended</a>, but their videos take so long I’m never convinced they’re still making any until the next one comes out.I’m digressing.There are other reasons I found myself viewing your counterpart.<ul><li>I’m

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distracted.</li><li>The YouTuber is someone I know.</li><li>I’m, and this is going to hurt, interested in the ad itself.</li></ul><h1 id="0961">It’s not you. It’s me. I don't like how needy you’ve become.</h1>Am I blaming you for my infidelity? Yeah. I kind of am. Because, here’s what happens when I watch the first ad.<ul><li>I click on the video I want to watch.</li><li>I’m told that two ads are going to play.</li><li>I watch the ENTIRE first ad.</li><li>The second ad, that’s you, comes up.</li><li>AND YOU MAKE ME WATCH YOU!</li></ul>It’s as if you are penalizing me for taking the time to watch the first one.And yes, I’m fully aware we wouldn’t be in this situation if I hadn’t watched that first ad in the first place. But maybe, if you’d made yourself AVAILABLE to me when skipping the first ad all those other times, I wouldn’t NEED to go find ads elsewhere.I’m sorry. That wasn’t fair. None of this is fair. Not to you, and not even to me.<h1 id="5d52">Where do we go from here?</h1>How about this? If I skip the first ad, you get 5 seconds for me to decide if I’m going to skip you, too?Maybe then I can stay faithful to you. As faithful as you’ve been to me.I couldn’t imagine the hurt if I discovered you’d been playing on other people’s YouTube apps as well.Let’s make this work.MeScott Hughey has a niece with a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=adventures+in+mexico+">YouTube channel</a> and over 2000 subscribers. He always watches her second ad…as far as she knows.</article></body>

The 1st ad isn’t better, only different.

An Open Letter to the 2nd of Two Ads on YouTube

I’ve Been Cheating On You

Dear 2nd Ad On YouTube,

Are you sitting down? Good. We need to talk.

We’ve known each other for a while. Maybe I’ve been too cold and too quick to dismiss you. Perhaps this is partly my fault.

Don’t get the wrong idea here. I’m not an anti-capitalist. It’s just that you’ve been the worst lately.

And, well, there’s no easy way to say this. I’ve been seeing other ads.

She wasn’t better than you. She was just different. Photo by The BlackRabbit on Unsplash

Do you know the first ad that plays on YouTube? The one everyone skips?

Sometimes, when the mood strikes, I watch it. It started so innocently at first when I was just trying to watch a video.

I’m told that two ads are going to play.
5 seconds into the first ad, I would skip it.
My video plays.

This bypasses you altogether. We both know that’s okay because we both know you’re the ad that interrupts my videos without warning.

Everyone skips ads. It’s not your fault, it’s just in our nature. So is looking.

What’s that old adage in marriage? Look, but don’t touch? Well, here’s the thing. I looked at the 1st ad so often, I eventually touched it.

Let’s not mince words here. I watched the first advertisement. Every single second. And I liked it.

Infidelity? Adfidelity? Photo by Womanizer WOW Tech on Unsplash

I can’t remember how it started, but it happened again and again.

Sometimes I feel generous. You and your counterpart create revenue for YouTubers. If I don’t support Screen Rant, Cinema Sins, or Screen Junkies, they might stop making videos.

The same is technically true of How It Should Have Ended, but their videos take so long I’m never convinced they’re still making any until the next one comes out.

I’m digressing.

There are other reasons I found myself viewing your counterpart.

I’m distracted.
The YouTuber is someone I know.
I’m, and this is going to hurt, interested in the ad itself.

It’s not you. It’s me. I don't like how needy you’ve become.

Am I blaming you for my infidelity? Yeah. I kind of am. Because, here’s what happens when I watch the first ad.

I click on the video I want to watch.
I’m told that two ads are going to play.
I watch the ENTIRE first ad.
The second ad, that’s you, comes up.
AND YOU MAKE ME WATCH YOU!

It’s as if you are penalizing me for taking the time to watch the first one.

And yes, I’m fully aware we wouldn’t be in this situation if I hadn’t watched that first ad in the first place. But maybe, if you’d made yourself AVAILABLE to me when skipping the first ad all those other times, I wouldn’t NEED to go find ads elsewhere.

I’m sorry. That wasn’t fair. None of this is fair. Not to you, and not even to me.

Where do we go from here?

How about this? If I skip the first ad, you get 5 seconds for me to decide if I’m going to skip you, too?

Maybe then I can stay faithful to you. As faithful as you’ve been to me.

I couldn’t imagine the hurt if I discovered you’d been playing on other people’s YouTube apps as well.

Let’s make this work.

Scott Hughey has a niece with a YouTube channel and over 2000 subscribers. He always watches her second ad…as far as she knows.